--- title: It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day. Who acts: family, children. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Peter Pan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/) / [Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/) / 57 # Peter Pan, Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH, sentence 57 It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day. **Who acts:** family, children · **What happens:** be, rummage, put, repack, wander, mind · **To what, where:** nightly custom, good mother, minds, things, many articles, proper places This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (family, children), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg16:2:57 # text = It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 nightly nightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 rummage rummage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 22 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 straight straight ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 repacking repack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 articles article NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 wandered wander VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 during during ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | family | the nightly custom | | | | of every good mother | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | mother's children | every good mother *not said here* | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **rummage** | to-infinitive | mother's children *not said here* | | | children's minds | | | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mind=Location | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | mother's children *not said here* | things | | | morning | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thing=Goal | | 5 | **repack** | gerund | mother's children *not said here* | the many articles | | children's proper places | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wander** | present · perfect · passive | | the many articles | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 7 | **mind** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Project Gutenberg book 16 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/58/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/)